Wigginton Sports And Playing Fields Mill Lane Wigginton York Data via plota.co.uk

26/00261/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of a 25m deep water borehole for site irrigation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Feb 2026
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Validated
19 Feb 2026
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Approved
18 May 2026

Approved on 18 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1679 m away: Yorkshire GREEN; Inside the Wigginton (York) built-up area; Open access land about 20 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
York
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
YO32 2ST
Received
9 Feb 2026
Validated
19 Feb 2026
Ward
Haxby And Wigginton
Parish
Wigginton Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Apr 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
18 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Wigginton Sports and Playing Fields Association

How this decision compares

Decided in 88 days from validation, 61 days slower than York's median of 27 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 89% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
70decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works decided by York in the last twelve months, from validation. York decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14658698
Planning Portal ref
PP-14658698
Comments by
26 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
York
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#213 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

York ranks #156 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
York decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #255 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #237 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #156 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #168 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
104 decided (1-9 homes)
71%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
63%
Change of use approved
68 decided
1,278
Total decisions
224 refused in the year to March 2026